Woongbee Lee Editor, BBC Korean EPA-EFE South Korea has handed a decisive victory to opposition candidate Lee Jae-myung six months after his predecessor’s martial law bid failed. The brief yet disastrous move set off huge protests and ended former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s career: impeached and removed from office, he still faces criminal charges for...
Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has denied he is trying to change the constitution so that he can stay on when his term ends in three years’ time. Erdogan has led Turkey for 22 years, first as prime minister from 2003 and then as its elected president since 2014. But he cannot run again unless...
Sarah Rainsford, Paul Kirby & Olimpia Zagnat In Bucharest and London Andrei Pungovschi/Getty Images Nicusor Dan had to wait until late into the night before he could be certain of victory The liberal, pro-EU mayor of Bucharest, Nicusor Dan, has fought off a strong challenge from a Romanian right-wing nationalist to win the presidency after...
Paul Njie BBC News, Libreville Getty Images Gen Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema led the republican guard before overthrowing the man he was supposed to protect, Ali Bongo Every day, 40-year-old Landry Obame-Mezui drives a taxi in Gabon’s capital Libreville. But it’s not just any taxi. It’s a sparkling, brand-new white car with the inscription “Taxi...